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THE PHILANTHROPY WORKSHOP INC DBA FORWARD GLOBAL
THE PHILANTHROPY WORKSHOP INC DBA FORWARD GLOBAL (New York) receives grants from 102 organizations whose IRS filings report $14,118,701 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($3,040,143). 66 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 50% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $6.4M
- Funders on record
- 102
- Grants received
- $14M
- Net assets
- $681k
What The Philanthropy Workshop Inc Dba Forward Global does
Mission
Forward global curates a community and culture that challenges the status quo, unlocking knowledge and connections for impact. We equip our global community of action-oriented, open-minded individuals to mobilize their resources to create a better world for all people and the planet. Our community of values-aligned leaders is innovating at the intersections of business, philanthropy and policy to ensure a thriving, sustainable, more equitable world.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
Community services - a community of more than 350 philanthropists and social investors, tpw is one of the largest networks of its kind and unique to the field of social impact. Members hail from the united states and united kingdom, with significant numbers also from canada, europe, latin america, the middle east, and asia. Programming is designed around action, collaboration, and impact and include global learning journeys, annual summit, action-oriented peer groups, and skills-building training that comprise an integrated "masters" platform for lifelong learning, skills development, shared experiences, collaboration and innovation.
$3,424,132 spent$593,621 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $3,424,132.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $260k to $1.6M (+517%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2020 4% · 2021 5%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
89% of THE PHILANTHROPY WORKSHOP INC DBA FORWARD GLOBAL’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (82% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Renee Kaplan
Chief executive officer
Board chair
Elliott Donnelly
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 11 funders to 53 funders, grant income rose $185k → $2.5M.
28 of 102 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 50% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of THE PHILANTHROPY WORKSHOP INC DBA FORWARD GLOBAL’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 102 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
THE PHILANTHROPY WORKSHOP INC DBA FORWARD GLOBAL has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 22% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
52% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund THE PHILANTHROPY WORKSHOP INC DBA FORWARD GLOBAL.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 26% · 2018 25% · 2019 39% · 2020 27% · 2021 31% · 2022 13% · 2023 26% — broadly stable.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
44% of THE PHILANTHROPY WORKSHOP INC DBA FORWARD GLOBAL's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 65% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
50% of THE PHILANTHROPY WORKSHOP INC DBA FORWARD GLOBAL's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $7.0M that is directly attributable, 93% of it comes from funders outside New York, across 18 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $7.1M arriving through sponsors registered in 14 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
THE PHILANTHROPY WORKSHOP INC DBA FORWARD GLOBAL has grown faster than three-quarters of the 2,910 philanthropy nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,910 philanthropy nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like THE PHILANTHROPY WORKSHOP INC DBA FORWARD GLOBAL
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
69% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
92%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 3 states
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- The Institute for Philanthropy · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE PHILANTHROPY WORKSHOP INC DBA FORWARD GLOBAL?
- THE PHILANTHROPY WORKSHOP INC DBA FORWARD GLOBAL (New York) receives grants from 102 organizations whose IRS filings report $14,118,701 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($3,040,143). 66 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 50% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does THE PHILANTHROPY WORKSHOP INC DBA FORWARD GLOBAL have?
- IRS filings report 102 organizations giving $14,118,701 in grants to THE PHILANTHROPY WORKSHOP INC DBA FORWARD GLOBAL, 66 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE PHILANTHROPY WORKSHOP INC DBA FORWARD GLOBAL?
- DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC is the largest funder on record, with $3,040,143 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE PHILANTHROPY WORKSHOP INC DBA FORWARD GLOBAL find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 102 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing